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Re:Show HN: Snail Walk – escape Bob the giant snail by walki... by MartinTale on Saturday September 19, 2026 @06:10AM (#49765093)
It's a fitness game where a giant snail named Bob hunts you, and your real daily step count (HealthKit/Health Connect) keeps you alive.

People have walked over 10M steps to survive so far, which I'm pretty proud of.

Happy to talk more about mechanics, tech stack, etc

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Re:Show HN: Snail Walk – escape Bob the giant snail by walki... by TouchGrass on Saturday September 19, 2026 @06:27AM (#49765197)
A video demo would help!
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Re:Show HN: Snail Walk – escape Bob the giant snail by walki... by MartinTale on Saturday September 19, 2026 @06:34AM (#49765259)
A bit of gameplay - https://x.com/MartinTale/status/2083629625414942991?s=20 Launch Video - https://x.com/MartinTale/status/2093991756790395190?s=20

I'll make a full gameplay/demo video today

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